CHEROKEE COUNTY, Alabama – The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office today said a female's body was found Friday afternoon in Weiss Lake near Leesburg.

Details were limited from authorities concerning the body's discovery. The Leesburg Police Department is leading the investigation with assistance from the Sheriff's Office.

A statement released today by the Sheriff's Office said a fisherman saw an object that appeared to be a body floating in Weiss Lake behind Yellow Creek Missionary Baptist Church at about 4:45 p.m. on Friday.

The fisherman notified law enforcement about the discovery. Leesburg police along with Cherokee County Rescue Squad and officials with the Center for Applied Forensics at Jacksonville State University responded to the scene.

Authorities pulled the female's body from the lake and transported the individual to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville to determine identity and cause of death, according to the Sheriff's Office.